A fund-raiser has been planned on Sunday, February 28 in Puerto Vallarta to support Immigration Equality, an organization that is seeking to get the U.S. HIV ban repealed this year, and is working hard to get legislation passed that will allow a U.S. citizen to sponsor his/her same-sex partner for permanent residency in the United States.
According to Immigration Equality, unlike straight married couples, 36,000 binational same-sex couples are forced to either separate or live outside of the United States.
Nineteen nations allow their citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners for immigration benefits. The United States is not one of them.
“Every day we hear from desperate couples, forced to choose between the partner they love and the country they love, which is why we are fighting to change the immigration law and end this discrimination,” says Paul Crist, who will sponsor and underwrite most of the cost of the event.
Win Chesson from Immigration Equality will be on hand to talk about the work of this organization.
The fund-raiser takes place on Sunday, February 28, 7-10 p.m. at the Hotel Mercurio, Francisca Rodriguez 168, Col. Emiliano Zapata.
